david brooks and don -- jonathan capehart way the response to russian aggression toward ukraine, and the ongoing politics of gun violence in the united states. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ♪ >> moving our economy for 160 years, bnsf, the engine that connects us. ♪ ♪ >> consumer cellular. ♪ >> the john s and james l knight foundation, fostering an and engaged communities. more at k's.org -- kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions. ♪ and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. judy: president biden said today he believes russia's president vladimir putin has made the decision to further invade ukraine and it will likely happen in coming days. his remarks in a news conference, u.s. officials said even more russian troops have arrived at the russian -- russia-ukraine border in recent days, joining 150,000 already on station. who the u.s. says are a -- poised to

david brooks and jonathan capehart consider the week's political news.more. >> woodruff: at the three-day security conference that began in munich today, u.s. and nato leaders aimed to further unify western nations, in their efforts to combat russian aggression against ukraine. nick schifrin has more now on the european response, with a key european diplomat. >> schifrin: joining us to discuss the crisis in ukraine is emily haber, the german ambassador to the united states. ambassador haber, welcome to the "newshour". earlier we heard president biden said he believes putin decided to invade. n.a.t.o. officials tell me they fear invasion could come tomorrow. do you agree? >> we have been briefed and informed and been sharing information along allies with the n.a.t.o., with the united states throughout these past weeks. there's no day when we don't exchange information about the latest knowledge and the latest assessments. so, given the monumental military buildup around ukraine, which is the biggest concentration of military forces since the end of the co

david brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in on the president's supreme court pick, and the american response to the war in ukraine. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bn, the engine that connects us. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> care.com. >> fidelity wealth management. >> consumer cellular. >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: we ve two major stories tonight. president biden has chosen ketanji brown jackson as his nominee for a seat on the u.s. supreme court. if confirmed, she would be the first black woman to serve on the nation's highest court. we'll delve into that news, later in the program. but first, to the war in ukraine. the battle for the capital city of kyiv appears to be underw

david brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in on ukraine, the widening divide in the republican party over january 6, and the heated political debate over mask mandates. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> care.com. >> fidelity wealth management. >> consumer cellular. >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: today, the biden administration issued its most urgent warning yet that russia could launch a war in ukraine at any time. more than 100,000 russian troops surround ukraine on three sides, and the president's national security advisor jake sullivan urged americans to leave by the end of the weekend. u.s. officials tell our nick sch

this friday night jonathan and david brooks. we appreciate it.lympics, and theyouf have been one of the most unusual and more controversial games, given covid and china's >>> we are just about at the midpoint of the winter oympics. they have been one of the most unusual and more controversial games given covid and china's record on human rights. even so athletes trying to compete under enormous pressure at the highest levels. we get the perspective of an olympic great. >> judy this first week has seen its share of disappointments for the americans but the have been electric moments as well featuring: kim, nathan chan and lindsay jacob ellis to name a few. there are us there is also a lot of attention on eileen who was born in the u.s. but competing for china, her mother's home country. for more on the games from an athletes perspective i am joined by apollo ono. he is the most decorated winter only be in in u.s. history with eight metals including two gold. welcome to the news hour. úthank you for making the time. >> thank you for having me. >> h

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well, i just checked in with the inimitable david brooks, who is our guy at the energy and natural resources committee, who has worked for decades on preserving these treasures. and at the time, david reminded me really how to -- really it had a tradition of not being able to name one of these bills to protect your treasures after two people. and it was not like it was a law, but it was a tradition. but members felt kind of strongly about it. won't mention any names. but frank moore, when i told him that, he said, ron, i love you to pieces, but this bill's got to be named for both of us, because we've been partners in life. we've been partners in the steamboat inn and in the sanctuary and the like. so i went back and told david brooks about this, and finally, i'm not sure everybody actually agreed, mr. president, to name it after frank and jeanne, this wonderful love affair, but i just basically did it. and around here, as the president of the senate knows, sometimes if you do it, other people won't raise a fuss, and that's how frank moore, from southern oregon, ensured that for all time we

david brooks is awake. it is good to see both of you on this friday.ith news that former vice president pence made today. he made a speech that a lot of people watched to see what he would say. what caught our attention is he said president trump is wrong to say that he could have overturned the results of the 2020 election. he said it is time to turn the future. what does this say about the state of the republican party and you have the republican national committee centering liz cheney and adam kinzinger, the only republicans working on the january 6 investigative committee? jonathan: judy, to me it says the republican party is still undergoing a huge identity crisis. you know, former vice president ke pence has been saying what he said today in various forms over the last year, with less heat then he did today, but saying flatut that donald trump is wrong and that he had -- and that then vice president pence had no ability, no power whatsoever to overturn the will of the american people, is the clearest rake we have seen between the t itw says, to m

david brooks is away.want to start with some news that former vice president pence made today. he made a speech, a lot of people were watching to see what he would say. and what caught our attention is, he said president trump is wrong to say that he could have overturned the results of the 2020 election. he said it's time to turn to the future. what does this say about the state of the republican party when you also have what, the republican national committee today censuring liz cheney and adam kinsinger working on the january 6th investigative committee? >> capehart: judy, it shows that the republican party is undergoing a huge crisis. in various forms over the last year with less heat than he did today but saying inflate-out that donald trump is wrong and that vice president then vice president pence had no ability, no power whatsoever, to overturn the will of the american people, is the clearest break we have seen between the two. and it says to me that the former vice president has decided with wheth

. >> that, david brooks has a new column of the new york times on watches influence.ism, and made himself its global leader. many conservatives around the world see putin's strong, manly authority, his defense of traditional values and his enthusiastic embrace of orthodox faith, and they see their aspirations in human form. right-wing leaders like donald trump speak of putin admiringly. the 24 century has become a dark century because the seat bets of democracy have been neglected and authoritarianism is on the march. matt, how is putin capitalizing on this lure of authoritarianism? and what are we doing to be able to fight against it? >> well, first, bravo to evan for running personal sacrifices for what's he's trying to do to save our democracy. bravo to evan for doing that. it's kind of fascinating. listen, there's been a consensus that you can't trust russia, or at least, the soviet union, ever since the bolsheviks revolution more than 100 years ago. we did decide in world war ii, that the enemy of our enemy is our friend, and we partner with a dictator, a brutal

. >> you know, john heilemann, looking back on david brooks' book, "bobos in paradise," it was the mergerrly radical, buying $9 espressos. it really -- you did have counterculture, the culture merging together in the '90s. >> i think there's so much to try to investigate here. chuck, along those lines, one of the things that i'm curious about in the book, you are you essayist and each one of the takes that you have in the book is engrossing. i'm curious whether you feel like there is an overarching thesis to the book in the sense that the '80s is the decade that people understand in a clear way, it is the me decade, the '60s has a clear identity. does the '# 0s have an identity of that kind where you can stitch together all of these pieces and create a whole? one of the things i wonder about is at the center of all of this is the center of technology, it is the decade in which the web happens, in the end the web breaks down mass culture and you start to see that in the '90s how what was once a homogenous mass culture in media, politics, music, film, we get all this teeming genres and subg

. >> david and elizabeth emanuel set up their fashion business in london's brook street in 1977.ndividual. if you have a dress made here, you won't see anyone else wearing the same thing. >> i was in the studio doing a fitting, and the phone rang. it was diana. she said, would you do me the honor of making my wedding dress? >> this is the look which persuaded lady diana to choose the young couple as her designers. >> you can imagine every designer wanted to do the wedding dress. i think it was a kind of decision, she was going against the grain. she just put her foot down and said, no, i want them. >> news of lady diana's visit spread quickly. lady sarah spencer was there to give opinion of the wedding dress. the crowd saw that like most brides, lady diana has lost weight as the day approaches. >> normally you don't want to start cutting into the actual fabric until everything is perfect with the fit. >> her wedding dress had a tight bodice, and it needed to be taken in multiple times as diana became thinner and thinner. >> did we suspect that she had bulimia? no, i don't think w

david: kathryn stoner is a stanford political scientist specializes in russia and stony brook. . the russian president says his military will serve as keepers. the concern is whether more troops will follow and lead the incursion into the >> the fear is that the 30,000 troops that are apparently within 10 miles of the ukrainian border in the north, begin to head towards kyiv. that would just be awful. david: ukraine has been a sovereign nation for 30 years after the breakup of the soviet union. that biden administration is developing economic sanctions against the regions that russian troops will occupy, but not at this point against russia. the next question is, to what extent will the u.s. be willing to support ukraine's defense forces. >> the most they are likely to do is continue to supply ukraine with things like missiles and other equipment, but those will be nothing compared to what the russian military has in its arsenal. david: america's european allies have condemned russia's actions as a violation of international law. david louis, abc 7 news. dan: of course we will us

david mccormick attacks him, it's mehmet oz. in the alabama senate primary, the club for growth is out with two different ads. one highlights donald trump's endorsement of brooksnger. >> president trump needs people he can count on in the senate. he needs mo brooks. >> someone who has worked harder than anyone else in congress. >> a proven conservative, brooks will never compromise on election integrity. >> there's liz cheney trashing trump again. why didn't she say that when she was running before just like katie brit? she might not say it but she's a lobbyist. >> it's been interesting. nancy pelosi used to be name that republicans would use to sometimes attack other republicans if they were there. now it's liz cheney. just moments ago, trump endorsed another primary challenger taking on a house member who impreached him. he backed russell frey against south carolina congressman tom rice. >>> up next, new developments on the crisis in ukraine. as russian president vladimir putin says his security demands were, quote, ignored by the west. but he still has not responded yet in writing with a retort. stay with us. stay with us ♪ got my heart ♪ ♪ got my soul ♪ ♪